Wednesday, November 25, 2009

I am game for any type of food but the spiciness of the clay pot food served at Chicken Hot Pot was too much for me.

I am not sure of the type of chillies/pepper that they used and the capsaicin (a safe and effective analgesic found in chillies) level was definitely more than 150,000 on the Scoville scale.

This is the 3rd branch of the Chicken Hot Pot group of restaurants which originated from Shanghai, China and is located in Bandar Puteri, Puchong (opposite the Giant Hypermarket).

All the piping hot cooked food are served on a clay pot, placed on a metal stand and kept warm with liquid wax flame.Best to eat it the traditional way, pick the food with a pair of chopsticks and down it with white rice from a bowl,

After the meal proper, peppery tasting broth are added to the clay pot for those who want to continue eating, with "off the rack" ingredients meant for steamboat (stored in a chiller) which are charge separately.

Parking is OK.

The shop front with their "opening date" banner.

Metal stand for the clay pot.

Beef set(small)-served with celery, radish, matchstick carrot and Chinese parsley-beef was soft and tender and the broth was way too spicy and numbing for my palate-Rm18.80.

Chicken set(small) cooked with lots of big onion and garnished with Chinese parsley and matchstick carrot-the chicken pieces were small and not generous-the spiciness was greater than the beef set!-Rm18.80/

Fish set(big)-lightly battered and cooked with milder chillies gravy which was more too my liking and garnished with matchstick carrot, Chinese and sliced cucumber-Rm32.80/.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Nowadays, eating Teo Chew porridge with small plates of cooked food and tit bits for lunch or dinner is a trend.

Restoran Teo Chew Moi located opposite of the Giant Hypermart in Bandar Puteri, Puchong is riding on the bandwagon and thriving because of it.

Teo Chew porridge can be quite expensive because of the tendency to order more.There are many varieties of visually, tempting cooked food to lure you and all of it goes with the hot and piping bowl of whole grain watery rice porridge which at Rm1.80/ is unlimited.

I was there with my family to try out the food and we came away full, happy, and contended.

Parking is OK.

Braised Duck-firm and tender with a distinct flavor-Rm24/.

Preserved Chinese Mustard-coarsely chopped, was surprised that it was not salty-Rm6/.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Kedai Kopi and Minuman Fatt Fatt is only one of the few Chinese coffee shop, located around the Jalan Aminuddin Baki area in TTDI area.

It is a simple neighborhood coffee shop with a hot Pao (meat/vegetable filled bun made with yeast) steamer and a Nasi Lemak stall manned by a Malay lady along the corridor and two other stalls inside the shop.

We went there for breakfast after our Sunday morning exercise in the nearby Lembah Kiara Park in TTDI.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

To me, Dim sum should be eaten and enjoyed leisurely early in the morning whether in a restaurant or alfresco by the roadside with a group of friends, morning papers and a hot pot of good grade Pu'er tea.

I feel eating Dim sum at night is a bit awkward!

These are the various types of Dim sum which I like to eat and hope you like it, too!

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Honkee Porridge Restaurant Sdn Bhd with a new and really cute logo have two new openings simultaneously i.e at:-

1. Hutong in Lot 10 and2. Damansara Utama

This morning we were at their D Utama branch for breakfast and was surprised with the restaurant modern decor compared to their Petaling Street's "street ambiance"stall.

Here, beside their famous porridge, local favorites like Chee cheong fun with pork curry, nasi lemak with chicken rendang, double boiled soup...etc are also available.

Parking during weekends is OK.

Their new logo.

Modern set up.

Clean utensils.

Mix and match combination of century egg, pork meatballs and sesame oil-the century egg was of good quality and meatballs was flavorful with traces of toasted sole fish-Rm6.50/

Plain porridge with freshly sliced fish, sesame oil and lots of coriander leaves , spring onion and sliced ginger-the porridge was not so gooey compare to their HQ but the sliced fish was super fresh-Rm5.50/

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Ambarella-Buah Kedondong (Spondial dulcis) is an edible fruit with a fibrous pit.The fruit is sourish with a crunchy flesh.It can be eaten raw or juiced.

I love eating it with a good grade shrimp or prawn paste, with red/green bird's eye chillies, light and dark Soy sauce and toasted grounded peanut added to it-it is a great appetizer and very mouthwatering!.

Slice off the skin with a slicer.

Cut it into unevenly sizes.

This gooey sauce is a mixture of "killer" shrimp or prawn paste with sugar, dark and light Soy sauce, bird's eye chilies and grounded toasted peanut.